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Windows 7 - Computer do not want to boot. Not even to BIOS. |
09-05-2011
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#1 | | Windows 7 Home Premium x64 SP1 |
Computer do not want to boot. Not even to BIOS. Hey guys.
I'm speaking of my rig here. Yes, it doesn't want to boot anymore. Let me explain the situation.
Since a while, maybe last month, my computer started to close and reboot on its own. Then, I was surprised so I checked to see if my fans were running, the temperature of the CPU, GPU, then my HDD's smarts value, etc. Everything was fine! But then, it stopped for a while until yesterday evening where it stopped 3 times in a small lapse of time. The third time, I had to do an electric reset then it booted again and everything was fine until I closed my PC and went to sleep.
So, I booted my PC again today and all was good for a couple of hours. Then, it stopped and rebooted 2 times and the 3rd time was the final nail to the coffin.
When I press the power button, there's no signal to the monitor and the hard drive activity LED is staying on. That's about it. No BIOS is shown, no bips either.
I disconnected it. Tested all my hard drives inclusing the SSD with a USB adaptor and they all showed up on my mom's PC just fine. I thought it was my graphic card so I took my old GeForce 8500 GT and swap it with mu GTX 460. Same result. What I can say is that all the fans power up, the LEDs too and the small LEDs beside the RAM slots too.
I'm stumped. It's either the motherboard or the CPU at that point.
What do you think?
Help!
Thanks in advance!
P.S Using my mom's PC.
P.S2 I don't have any another PSU, motherboards, CPU and RAM to test with...
EDIT
There were no BSOD or any other errors when restarting was happening. Just pointing it out.
| My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number Custom build OS Windows 7 Home Premium x64 SP1 CPU Core i7 950 3.06 GHz Motherboard Gigabyte X58A-UD3R Memory Corsair XSM3 6GB 1333MHz DDR3 9-9-9-24 Graphics Card Asus nVidia GeForce GTX460 Factory Overclocked Sound Card HT-Omega Claro 7.1 Monitor(s) Displays Asus VW246H 24" Screen Resolution 1920x1080 Keyboard Logitech Media Keyboard Elite Mouse Logitech M510 PSU Xigmatek NRP-PC702 700W (cable hell) Case Lian-Li Lancool PC-K62 Cooling Stock fans for PC case, Cooler Master Hyper N520 for CPU Hard Drives 1x90GB OCZ Vertex 2 SSD (System, internal)
1x1TB Western Digital Green (Internal)
1x500GB Hitachi 7200RPM (Internal) Internet Speed 30Mbits dl - 2Mbits up Other Info Sound system : Eagle Arion ET-AR504LR-BK 35 Watts RMS 2.1
Printer : Samsung ML-2010 Mono
Scanner : Canon Canoscan LiDE 200 |
09-05-2011
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#2 | | |

Quote: Originally Posted by Lebon14 Hey guys.
I'm speaking of my rig here. Yes, it doesn't want to boot anymore. Let me explain the situation.
Since a while, maybe last month, my computer started to close and reboot on its own. Then, I was surprised so I checked to see if my fans were running, the temperature of the CPU, GPU, then my HDD's smarts value, etc. Everything was fine! But then, it stopped for a while until yesterday evening where it stopped 3 times in a small lapse of time. The third time, I had to do an electric reset then it booted again and everything was fine until I closed my PC and went to sleep.
So, I booted my PC again today and all was good for a couple of hours. Then, it stopped and rebooted 2 times and the 3rd time was the final nail to the coffin.
When I press the power button, there's no signal to the monitor and the hard drive activity LED is staying on. That's about it. No BIOS is shown, no bips either.
I disconnected it. Tested all my hard drives inclusing the SSD with a USB adaptor and they all showed up on my mom's PC just fine. I thought it was my graphic card so I took my old GeForce 8500 GT and swap it with mu GTX 460. Same result. What I can say is that all the fans power up, the LEDs too and the small LEDs beside the RAM slots too.
I'm stumped. It's either the motherboard or the CPU at that point.
What do you think?
Help!
Thanks in advance!
P.S Using my mom's PC.
P.S2 I don't have any another PSU, motherboards, CPU and RAM to test with...
EDIT
There were no BSOD or any other errors when restarting was happening. Just pointing it out.
DO you have another power supply to test this computer with? | My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number HP Pavillion dv-7 1005 Tx OS WCP ONLY CPU 2@2.4 Memory 4 gigs Graphics Card Nvidia 9600M Sound Card HD built-in Monitor(s) Displays 17" Wxga Screen Resolution 1440x900 Cooling none Internet Speed 45Mb down 5Mb up |
09-05-2011
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#3 | | Windows 7 Home Premium x64 SP1 |
I do but it's only 500 Watts my current is 700 Watts. | My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number Custom build OS Windows 7 Home Premium x64 SP1 CPU Core i7 950 3.06 GHz Motherboard Gigabyte X58A-UD3R Memory Corsair XSM3 6GB 1333MHz DDR3 9-9-9-24 Graphics Card Asus nVidia GeForce GTX460 Factory Overclocked Sound Card HT-Omega Claro 7.1 Monitor(s) Displays Asus VW246H 24" Screen Resolution 1920x1080 Keyboard Logitech Media Keyboard Elite Mouse Logitech M510 PSU Xigmatek NRP-PC702 700W (cable hell) Case Lian-Li Lancool PC-K62 Cooling Stock fans for PC case, Cooler Master Hyper N520 for CPU Hard Drives 1x90GB OCZ Vertex 2 SSD (System, internal)
1x1TB Western Digital Green (Internal)
1x500GB Hitachi 7200RPM (Internal) Internet Speed 30Mbits dl - 2Mbits up Other Info Sound system : Eagle Arion ET-AR504LR-BK 35 Watts RMS 2.1
Printer : Samsung ML-2010 Mono
Scanner : Canon Canoscan LiDE 200 |
09-05-2011
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I was thinking the same don't count out the Power supply and 500 should be enough to post without HDD's DVD's Etc. plugged in. | My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number ASUS G60-RBBX05 OS Win7 Home Premium 64x CPU Intel Core 2 Duo P7450 / 2.13 GHz (2.29 with Extreme Turbo) Memory 4 GB PC-6400 Hyundai (2X2) at 800Mhz Graphics Card NVIDIA GeForce GTX 260M 1GB DDR3 VRAM Monitor(s) Displays 16" LED Backlit Screen Resolution 1366 x 768 on laptop 1600x1050 max res on 22" external mon Keyboard Chicklet type back-lit (white light) keyboard Mouse Logitech G9 Laser Mouse 3200dpi and 1000 reports per minute PSU 6-cell Lithium ion { lasts 1.5 hours } Case ASUS G60 Laptop Hard Drives 320 GB - Serial ATA-150 - 7200 rpm Internet Speed Comcast 8.60mb/s up - 3.11mb/s down Other Info General mid-budget gaming Comp. Low batterylife - High FrameRates - Looking into upgrading CPU and adding SSD |
09-05-2011
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#5 | | Windows 7 Home Premium x64 SP1 |
I will try with my friend. I hope he can come over today. My self-confidence is actually very low. (Actually stressed atm)
Will give update once we test that out. | My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number Custom build OS Windows 7 Home Premium x64 SP1 CPU Core i7 950 3.06 GHz Motherboard Gigabyte X58A-UD3R Memory Corsair XSM3 6GB 1333MHz DDR3 9-9-9-24 Graphics Card Asus nVidia GeForce GTX460 Factory Overclocked Sound Card HT-Omega Claro 7.1 Monitor(s) Displays Asus VW246H 24" Screen Resolution 1920x1080 Keyboard Logitech Media Keyboard Elite Mouse Logitech M510 PSU Xigmatek NRP-PC702 700W (cable hell) Case Lian-Li Lancool PC-K62 Cooling Stock fans for PC case, Cooler Master Hyper N520 for CPU Hard Drives 1x90GB OCZ Vertex 2 SSD (System, internal)
1x1TB Western Digital Green (Internal)
1x500GB Hitachi 7200RPM (Internal) Internet Speed 30Mbits dl - 2Mbits up Other Info Sound system : Eagle Arion ET-AR504LR-BK 35 Watts RMS 2.1
Printer : Samsung ML-2010 Mono
Scanner : Canon Canoscan LiDE 200 |
09-05-2011
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#6 | | Windows 7 64 Bit Home Premium SP1 |
That 500 w power supply will be perfectly fine to test with, especially if you do it the "best" way (see below).
But it won't hurt to try and boot with the smaller power supply before you try the "big test" below. Windows might complain, but the boot process will go through if that is the problem.
The best way to diagnose a non-booting PC: - Disconnect everything (all cables, drives, etc) from the rear of the PC, and the motherboard.
- Remove all cards, including the video card.
- Remove all the RAM.
You are now left with just 3 components: power supply (500w) connected, motherboard, and CPU. For an even more thorough test a lot of folks remove the motherboard and place it outside of the case.
Then plug in or turn on the power supply and start the computer.
You won't see anything, of course, but you should get some error beeps. This is good. They are telling you that the boot process is proceeding normally and "no RAM is found".
If the MB is out of the case, now is the time to shut down and put it back in. Watch those stand-offs! Then boot again to retest for the "no RAM" error.
Power down and then install one stick of RAM in slot A1. Boot again. More (different pattern) beeps mean "no video card detected". Good. This means everything is working as it should.
If you don't get the BIOS error beeps at any point then you have found the problem hardware.
Power down and then install the video card, and connect the monitor. Boot again. There should be no error beeps at this point and you should see the BIOS screens on the monitor. It will stop when it gets to "no boot device found".
Now just keep adding components back to the system, one at a time, to test to see if the symptoms return. Start with the remainder of the RAM - one stick at a time.
Hope that helps. | My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number DESKTOP - Home Built - March 2009 OS Windows 7 64 Bit Home Premium SP1 CPU i7-920 Motherboard Asus P6T - Bios 1408 Memory Corsair TR3X6G1333C9 - 6GB Graphics Card EVGA GeForce GTX260+ - Driver 296.10 Sound Card On board Realtek ACL1200 Monitor(s) Displays Dell 2007FP Screen Resolution 1280 x 960 Keyboard MS KC-0405 Mouse Intellimouse 5-button PSU Corsair CMPSU-750TX - 750 watt Case Lian Li PC-K10B Cooling Standard, 3 120mm case fans Hard Drives #1- Western Digital WD6401AALS Sata Black
#2- Western Digital WD6401AALS Sata Black Internet Speed 20Mbits/Sec (on a good day) |
09-05-2011
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#7 | | Windows 7 Home Premium x64 SP1 |
Update.
My Antec 500 Watt is not enough. My motherboard needs an extra 8-pin and the 500 Watt Power Supply doesn't have one. Only 4s. So, I disconnected the whole power suplly and I will test it on my friend's PC. | My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number Custom build OS Windows 7 Home Premium x64 SP1 CPU Core i7 950 3.06 GHz Motherboard Gigabyte X58A-UD3R Memory Corsair XSM3 6GB 1333MHz DDR3 9-9-9-24 Graphics Card Asus nVidia GeForce GTX460 Factory Overclocked Sound Card HT-Omega Claro 7.1 Monitor(s) Displays Asus VW246H 24" Screen Resolution 1920x1080 Keyboard Logitech Media Keyboard Elite Mouse Logitech M510 PSU Xigmatek NRP-PC702 700W (cable hell) Case Lian-Li Lancool PC-K62 Cooling Stock fans for PC case, Cooler Master Hyper N520 for CPU Hard Drives 1x90GB OCZ Vertex 2 SSD (System, internal)
1x1TB Western Digital Green (Internal)
1x500GB Hitachi 7200RPM (Internal) Internet Speed 30Mbits dl - 2Mbits up Other Info Sound system : Eagle Arion ET-AR504LR-BK 35 Watts RMS 2.1
Printer : Samsung ML-2010 Mono
Scanner : Canon Canoscan LiDE 200 |
09-05-2011
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#8 | | Windows 7 Home Premium 32 bit |
While you are at it, do consider changing that little battery on the motherboard.It could have run out of juice. Just my thought. | My System Specs | | OS Windows 7 Home Premium 32 bit |
09-05-2011
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#9 | | Windows 7 Home Premium x64 SP1 |
Nah, jumanji... I don't think that it will help... the most it can do is that the BIOS settings will be lost and the Windows time won't be the real time. (will contantly lose time, if turn off)
@TVeblen I'm 100% certain that my RAM, HDDs, CPU and cooling fans works. I don't need to make such test unless my PSU works on my friend's PC. (Rig : Phenom X4 9950 BE, 4GB DDR2 RAM, GeForce 9800GT + 2 HDDs)
If all else fail, I consult a PC shop. No real choice. | My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number Custom build OS Windows 7 Home Premium x64 SP1 CPU Core i7 950 3.06 GHz Motherboard Gigabyte X58A-UD3R Memory Corsair XSM3 6GB 1333MHz DDR3 9-9-9-24 Graphics Card Asus nVidia GeForce GTX460 Factory Overclocked Sound Card HT-Omega Claro 7.1 Monitor(s) Displays Asus VW246H 24" Screen Resolution 1920x1080 Keyboard Logitech Media Keyboard Elite Mouse Logitech M510 PSU Xigmatek NRP-PC702 700W (cable hell) Case Lian-Li Lancool PC-K62 Cooling Stock fans for PC case, Cooler Master Hyper N520 for CPU Hard Drives 1x90GB OCZ Vertex 2 SSD (System, internal)
1x1TB Western Digital Green (Internal)
1x500GB Hitachi 7200RPM (Internal) Internet Speed 30Mbits dl - 2Mbits up Other Info Sound system : Eagle Arion ET-AR504LR-BK 35 Watts RMS 2.1
Printer : Samsung ML-2010 Mono
Scanner : Canon Canoscan LiDE 200 |
09-06-2011
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I'd take the CMOS/BIOS battery out as a test, just to be sure. I almost sent a motherboard to the trash/recycle and it turned out to be just a dead CMOS battery. That motherboard wouldn't post with the dead battery in place. | My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number Me :) It's a model No. 3.1415926 OS Windows 7 Ultimate AMD64 CPU AMD Phenom II X4 980 Black Edition Deneb 3.7GHz Motherboard Asus M4N68T-M V2 µATX Motherboard Memory 8GB 4GBx2 Kingston PC10600 DDR3 1333 Memory Graphics Card BFG NVIDIA Geforce 220GT 1 Gig DDR2 PCIe Sound Card VIA VT1708s High Definition Audio 8-channel Onboard Monitor(s) Displays 2 x 19" I-INC AG191D TFT Flat Panel Screen Resolution 1280x1024 x 2 Keyboard Logitech Internet 600 Mouse Logitech Wireless Trackman Wheel PSU Extreme ATX 450 Watt Model No. RSY-645 Case Power Up Black ATX Mid-Tower Case Cooling Stock heatsink and fan Hard Drives 500 Gig WesternDigital SATA-300 Drive Internet Speed 20 Mbps Down 1 Mbps Up Other Info HP DVD1040e Lightscribe - External USB2 Computer do not want to boot. Not even to BIOS. problems? All times are GMT -5. The time now is 11:18 AM. |  |